Social outcomes in young adult survivors of low incidence childhood cancers

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 110-118

  Jóhannsdóttir, Inga M R ^a   Hjermstad, Marianne J ^b,c   Moum, Torbjørn ^d   Wesenberg, Finn ^e   Hjorth, Lars ^f   Schrøder, Henrik ^g   Lähteenmäki, Päivi ^h   Jónmundsson, Gudmundur ⁱ   Loge, Jon H ^a,d  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

ⁱ NONE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer survivors; Education; Employment; Living situation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; WILMS TUMOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953536602     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-009-0112-3     Document Type: Article

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